Melvin bancroft



(No Model.)

M. BANCROFT.

` TYPE WRITER GASL.`

No. 427,954. Patented May/lflIQO.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MELVIN ANOROFT, OF IYIIITESBOROUGH, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE QUIGLEY FURNITURE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TYPE-WRITER CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 427,954, dated May 13, 1890.

Application filed January 9, 1889.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MELVIN BANCROFT, of Vhitesborouglnin the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'Iype-Vriter Cases and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the Iigures'of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to a type-writer case; and it consists in mechanism hereinafter pointed out and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l shows a front elevation of a type-writer case with the type-writer adjusted for use. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section on line C D of Fig. I. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line C D, Fig. 1, the type-writer being inclosed in the case. Fig. 4 represents a portion ofthe top of the case, the dotted lines representing the point to which the type-writer may be moved for use. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on line A B of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a crosssection of the rear portion of the lid and the ways on which it slides.

In the drawings similar figures of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In constructing my improved type-writer case I provide case l or its equivalent of the desired form and shape, suitable for inclosing the type-writer within the case.

The following mechanism is employed in the adjustment and arrangement of the typewriter, so as to expose the same for use and to inclose the same in the case when the typewriter is not in use. In these operations I provide platform 2, pivoted in the case at 3, at or near the back of the platform in such manner as to allow the platform to turn on said pivot from the horizontal position shown in Fig. 2 into the position shown in Fig. 3. The type-writer is adjustable upon the platform by means of rabbeted ways 4, Figs. l to 5, so that the type-writer can be moved on the platform from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 4 to the front of the platform and on Serial No. 295,866. (No model.)

the table l2, as indicated in dotted lines in the same iigu re. The type-writer being in the position shown in Figs. l and 2, and the operator desiring to inclose the type-writer within the case, as shown in Fig. 3, moves section 5 of lid G, Fig. 2, into a vertical position, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2,) raising the same and swinging it backward. Lid 6 is formed in two sections 5 and 7, connected together by hinges at S, and when section 5 of the lid is in the position shown in the vertical dotted lines in Fig. 2 the type-writer is moved back into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 4, and spring 90u the underside of the platform moves up and engages the front edge of the type-writer, as shown in Fig. 3, and holds the same rigidly on the platform. The operator then disengages springcatch 10, Fig. 4, which supports the swinging platform 2 at the front and holds it even with table l2, and he then raises the lid and both sections thereof up to the highest point, (shown in vertical dotted lines in Fig. 2,) the lid being moved in the rabbeted ways 1l Il, Figs. 2 and 4, secured to the back end of the platform in a rigid manner and substantially at right angles to the horizontal surface of the platform, and the lid of the case being thus extended is moved down from its vertical position in the line shown in the outer circle of dotted lines in Fig. 2, thereby partially rotating the platform and type-writer into the position shown in Fig. 3, the platform and cover swinging on pivots 3 in the case, so that the type-writer is moved down into the case, as shown in Fig. 3, and the lid is brought down to a horizontal position on the case, as shown in Fig. 3. By moving the `lid backward slightly it is brought to cover the entire top of the case, making a continuous even surface to the top of the case when the type-writer is inclosed.

To open the case and adjust the type-writer into position for use, the lid (S (shown in Fig. 3) is drawn slightly forward, so that the rear of the lid will swing inside of the back of the case, and the lid is then moved up into the position shown in vertical dotted lines in Fig. 2. By this movement the type-writer and t-able are carried up intoahorizontal position, as shown in Fig. 4, spring-catch 10 operating to ICO engage and hold the platform rigidly. The lid is then moved downward and the typewriter is then moved forward, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. i, the lid moving in the rabbeted ways 1l, rigidly secured to the platform substantially at right angles thereto.

As a means of movalily securing the cover to the ways ll, I provide rabbcted cleats 13, secured to the lid and engaging ways ll in suitable rabbeted grooves or p recesses; but this precise construction is not an essential feature of my invention, as other means of movably scouring the lid in or to the ways lnay be readily provided. Section 5 of the lid is then moved down into the position shown in Fig. 2, when the typewriter is ready7 for use, and the ease back of the type-writer presents a smooth surface, as shown in Fig. 2.

IV hat l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a type-writer ease, the combination therewith of the platform pivoted in the ease at or near the rear of the platform, the ways rigidly secured to the rear of the platform at substantially right angles thereto, and the lid formed in two sections, hinged together and arranged to move in the ways, substantially as set forth.

2. In a type-writing case, the combination therewith of the partially-rotating platform pivoted near its rear end upon the case, the ways rigidly secured to the platform sub* stantially at right angles thereto, and the lid formed in sections and arranged to move in the ways, substantially as set forth.

3. In a typewriter ease, the combination, with the type-writer carriage, of the platform pivoted at or near its rear end and having rabbeted ways on the upper surface thereof, the ways rigidly secured to the platform at or near thc pivotal point and substantially at right angles thereto, and the lid formed in two sections and arranged to move in the ways, substantially as set forth, and for the purposes stated.

4. In a type-writer case, the combination, with the typewriter carriage, of partially-ro tating platform 2, pivoted at or near its rear end, ways 11 l1, secu red to the platform suhstantially at right angles thereto, the lid formed in two sections arranged to move in ways 1l ll, and spring 9, secured upon the platform and arranged to engage the typewriter, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, in a typewriter ease, of a platform pivoted at or near its rear end in the case, ways secured to the platform at or near the pivotal point and substantially at right angles thereto, a cover adapted to he moved in said ways, and a table in such position as to have the platform swing into the plane therewith.

In witness whereof I have affixed my signa ture in presence of two witnesses.

M ELVIN BAN CROF'I.

\Vitnesses:

EDWIN H. RISLEY, G. H. LYNCH. 

